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A Defense Department energy conservation program meant to fund "game changing" projects is falling short of its goals, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.

Schools in Flint, Mich., are struggling to aid students who are facing serious disruptions over the city's lead-contaminated water system.

Michigan officials are set to unveil a comprehensive testing plan today to monitor and map lead contamination in Flint's water system.

Hillary Clinton is keeping the spotlight on the drinking water crisis in Flint, Mich.

The union representing U.S. EPA employees in Region 5 apologized to the residents of Flint, Mich., for the agency's role in the lead contamination of the city's drinking water.

North Dakota has joined more than two dozen other states in pressing the Supreme Court to put the brakes on the Obama administration's signature climate change rule.

The German forest ranger Peter Wohlleben has reignited his country's cultural curiosity in its forestry by bringing to light the fact that trees are social beings.

The Canadian province of British Columbia is set to announce an agreement today that works to protect a sweeping stretch of temperate rainforest along its coastline, a deal said to marry the interests of aboriginal tribes, the logging industry and environmentalists after a decade of strained negotiations.

A would-be treasure hunter has gone missing near the Rio Grande in New Mexico, drawing a massive manhunt to the area led by the man who inspired him to go searching.

The levels of toxins in fish are at their lowest level since 1969, according to new research from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in California.

AquAdvantage salmon won't be available in local stories anytime soon, despite the Food and Drug Administration's recent determination that it was safe to eat.

A group of conservation organizations are urging senators to oppose a bipartisan amendment offered to broad energy legislation in the Senate that would streamline the permitting of oil and gas pipelines in national parks.

Politicians like Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) who doubt climate change like to argue that satellite data alone are insufficient to show rising temperatures but also toss out broader measurements like a recent update from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Republican Liz Cheney, the 49-year-old daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, announced today that she's entering the open-seat race to replace Wyoming GOP Rep. Cynthia Lummis, who is retiring after four terms.

The debate surrounding the embattled Keystone XL pipeline from Canada is affecting a race far away from the proposed project's route.

Donald Trump leads the GOP field in a new survey of federal government employees, but one-fourth of those polled said they would think about leaving their jobs if he is elected president.

Since the start of the armed occupation at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge just outside Burns, Ore., the city has tried to maintain business as usual.

The sole casualty of the standoff that made an obscure Oregon wildlife refuge known nationwide was an Arizona rancher who often talked of wanting to die.

The arrest of two of his sons hasn't made Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy reconsider his stance on public lands.

FLINT, Mich. -- The wrought-iron arches over the main street proclaims the town as "Vehicle City," recalling Flint's heyday as the birthplace of General Motors and home to auto manufacturing.

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